arafat dies
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"Given the will, the Jew can refuse to be treated as the
outcast of the West, to be despised or patronized."yeah, right, tell it to my grandparent who arrested by eager DUTCH collabarators, sent to a GERMAN concentration camp in POLAND, escaped and were refused entry by the AMERICANS, continued to ISRAEL, were arrested by the BRITISH who sent them to a prison camp in Cyprus.
Go back where? Europeans fucked up the rest of the world and created conflicts in Palestine/Israel/Egypt/Syria, India and Pakistan.
Now they are resting their fat asses on laurels with all the riches that they robbed from the rest of the world and telling the rest of the world what's morally right or wrong.
I, my parents and my son were born in Israel. We have no where else to go. This is not a theoretical question. you are talking about people.
Sure, it sucks for the Palestinians. It also sucks that 3/4 of European Jews (a third of the world Jewry) were killed by Europeans and their property was robbed. For example, my father had no grandparents, no uncles or aunts, no cousins, and this is not rare with European Jewish decendants.
Right now there are Jews and Arabs in this area—fuck the justification—THIS NEEDS TO BE SOLVED.
The Palestinians can't get everything they want and neither can we.
Araft started the second Intifada when things were very close to being settled (no pun intended). If it wasn't for Arafat—Sharon would have never been elected. He gave ground to extremists on both sides, when most Israelies were willing to give up ALL the occupied territories. It's the best deal They could get—and even if not, the negotiations could have continued.
Many top Palestinian officials (yes, I know a couple and have spoken to them) feel the second intifada was the worst mistake ever.
Sure, There are many extremists in Israel, settlers, etc. But Arafat nourished them and made their camp strong when a solution was at hand.
And for that I have no respect. Nore will I feel any differently when Sharon dies.